The memory has faded after nine or so years, but there was once a time when Alex Rodriguez was at war with MLB over his ties to the infamous Biogenesis clinic, which supplied him and a large number of other players with performance-enhancing drugs.
unearthed a previously unreported episode from that contentious time in 2013 and 2014, when the New York Yankees star — who now enjoys a broadcasting gig with ESPN and co-ownership of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves — walked into the DEA's Miami office and started naming names.
The meeting on Jan. 29, 2014 was reportedly part of a"Queen for a Day" arrangement with prosecutors. The gist was anything Rodriguez told the authorities could not be used against him in future legal proceedings, but he also had to tell the truth or face potential charges of lying to federal agents. Paying Biogenesis head Anthony Bosch $12,000 per month for a doping protocol of testosterone creams, testosterone gummies and human growth hormone between 2010 and 2012.
Lying to Yankees president Randy Levine about knowing Bosch in Nov. 2012, a month before the Biogenesis scandal was reported.Rodriguez had previously never admitted to using PEDs received from Bosch, and had denied a"60 Minutes" report that he had leaked documents connecting Braun and former Yankee Francisco Cervelli to the scandal.
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